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almost half of the entire united states of america. what started in the south and on the plains is spreading to the industrial north. i just want us to remember here that unions brought to america the minimum age, the 8-hour workday, workplace safety rules, really, the middle class is what the unions of america gave to us. getting rid of unions will do one thing. it will exacerbate the concentration of power and money at the top and continue the hollowing out of america's middle class. that is why what is happening in michigan takes my breath away. joining me now on the phone from lansing, michigan is zac paul. zac is over progress michigan that uses new media to build grassroots support for progressive ideas. zac has been on the front lines for the past two days in protesting the legislation. zac, welcome inside the war room. >> thanks for having me governor. >> give us the lay of the land zac. what's happening right now? >> i just ran back across the street from the capitol. there were hundreds of protesters, as you said locked outsi
almost half of the entire united states of america. what started in the south and on the plains is spreading to the industrial north. i just want us to remember here that unions brought to america the minimum age, the 8-hour workday, workplace safety rules, really, the middle class is what the unions of america gave to us. getting rid of unions will do one thing. it will exacerbate the concentration of power and money at the top and continue the hollowing out of america's middle class. that is...
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you know if you've come up through mexico or south america you have a much more similar story than somebody that came from cuba because -- first of all there's direct public policy and that's the dry foot policy, where if you get here anyway possible in the last 40 years, you can stay. >> right. >> secondly the types of people that came from cuba, were people who were kind -- who were in the ruling class and they were fleeing fiddle castro, so that's exact opposite that the rest of the population faces. >> so you are making a hugely important point here which is rubio voice may or may not translate to other pieces of the latino community. how would a marco rubio play in the traditional swing, midwest says michigan ohio, pennsylvania, two out of three of which mitt romney would have to win does rubio helps him in those states? >> i don't think he helps him or necessarily hurts him either. people will see him from up from your bootstraps kind of guy whether he is or not. he will write his story that way. so i don't think it will play that much there. they are going to go for colorado and new
you know if you've come up through mexico or south america you have a much more similar story than somebody that came from cuba because -- first of all there's direct public policy and that's the dry foot policy, where if you get here anyway possible in the last 40 years, you can stay. >> right. >> secondly the types of people that came from cuba, were people who were kind -- who were in the ruling class and they were fleeing fiddle castro, so that's exact opposite that the rest of...
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south america is slowing down. we have an opportunity to lead out of this mess. i hope we take the lead. >> jennifer: everyone wants to prevent going over over the cliff you still will have a lot of issues on how best to lead the country forward. allen west will be gone but there will be tea partyers remain. how do you work with people who think compromise is a bad word? >> look, i was just earlier with the republican part of my district today and met with a lot of republican commissioners. the message i told them is what i told everybody. whether you're a republican, democrat, i have an open door. i want to hear your thoughts, your concerns and i want to be your voice in washington, d.c. i plan to represent 100% of this district and being a passionate voice for everybody. i hope i can sit down with everybody in d.c. and whether republican democrat, tea party or not. i want to hear their point of view. i imagine they'll disagree, but i hope this race in particular my defeat of allen west will send a signal and maybe a warning shot over their bo bow that things ar
south america is slowing down. we have an opportunity to lead out of this mess. i hope we take the lead. >> jennifer: everyone wants to prevent going over over the cliff you still will have a lot of issues on how best to lead the country forward. allen west will be gone but there will be tea partyers remain. how do you work with people who think compromise is a bad word? >> look, i was just earlier with the republican part of my district today and met with a lot of republican...
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there's rarely a need for them around the famous south beach. most of srt's work is focused on the run-down districts to the north of the city. in miami gardens, one of america's most violent areas srt are being briefed for the arrest of another member of the 170 boyz gang. ray sync: pictures of the structure. definitely, definitely orange. we're going to go westbound 167th street to 22 avenue, at 22 avenue prior to the traffic light we're going to stop, get out of the truck, forward onto the bearcat. we're going to go northbound on 25 avenue, our structure, corner structure at 170 and 25. joe, once again, once you stop if we need additional help up front, we may have kids. i'll put you out in front as a babysitter so we can dump them off. alright, guys, let's go, let's beat the rain. narr: as there are children at the property, srt need to walk a fine line. they must hit the house aggressively to minimise their own exposure to danger, but also shield the children from harm. to make matters worse, these alleged gangsters are suspected of having
there's rarely a need for them around the famous south beach. most of srt's work is focused on the run-down districts to the north of the city. in miami gardens, one of america's most violent areas srt are being briefed for the arrest of another member of the 170 boyz gang. ray sync: pictures of the structure. definitely, definitely orange. we're going to go westbound 167th street to 22 avenue, at 22 avenue prior to the traffic light we're going to stop, get out of the truck, forward onto the...
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over america. they want to take us back to another period people stood in -- it is not the literacy test, it is not the poll types it is not people being beaten and trampled but it reminds people of a bygone period. >> eliot: am i being overly optimistic when i see i see them doing this. it is revolting, it is heinous. but it will not succeed. and there simply aren't enough votes there so that the next election cycle necessarily they will have to abandon this approach. >> we must not allow this to succeed. i think the good forces and the determination of a people, whether they're black or white or democrats or republican, they must come out and vote. let no one keep them from voting or participating. >> eliot: let's switch gears for a moment. talk about the budget that palm ryan has put forth. it became the basis for the republican platform. it is a budget that takes away from those who need. how do we square this with the core value of american society that we extend a hand to those who need help?
over america. they want to take us back to another period people stood in -- it is not the literacy test, it is not the poll types it is not people being beaten and trampled but it reminds people of a bygone period. >> eliot: am i being overly optimistic when i see i see them doing this. it is revolting, it is heinous. but it will not succeed. and there simply aren't enough votes there so that the next election cycle necessarily they will have to abandon this approach. >> we must...
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europe south america asia. >> jennifer: when mitt romney mocks the rising of the oceans, it is due directly to the climate, that centigrade creeping toward two degrees right? >> you melt the ice and it just goes huge. >> jennifer: all right. it is an amazing thing and language is important. we've got to be clear about it, progressives. george lakoff, professor at u.c. berkeley. thanks so much for joining us. >> my pleasure. >> jennifer: up next, it is a storm that new york city is never going to likely forget. we're going go there live for the latest. this is "the war room" on current tv. got some great guests coming up. >>now it's your turn. connect with "the war room" jennifer granholm. >>it's a call to arms. make your voice heard. >> jennifer: we're once again bringing in our own current correspondent david shuster. david, welcome back inside "the war room." can you tell us, for example david, what are you seeing right now, obviously you're in the studio right now what you saw today on the street. what are the sights and sounds people across the country should be aware of? >> that's a go
europe south america asia. >> jennifer: when mitt romney mocks the rising of the oceans, it is due directly to the climate, that centigrade creeping toward two degrees right? >> you melt the ice and it just goes huge. >> jennifer: all right. it is an amazing thing and language is important. we've got to be clear about it, progressives. george lakoff, professor at u.c. berkeley. thanks so much for joining us. >> my pleasure. >> jennifer: up next, it is a storm that...
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we must say to america that the right to vote is precious. and as my colleague said we've got to organize around this. we are overwhelmed by blocks to voting. it stops people from voting. it frightens people from voting. we have to keep away from that to keep the ideals of this constitution and what we were founded on is that we were all created equal. >> you're so right in your articulation of this. it's a fundamental civil rights issue and it goes to the core of our democracy. over the past several months i don't hesitate was a clear republican effort to supply suppress votes seniors who they viewed to be adverse to their agenda. that effort has failed because the courts have done what the courts have done historically in this nation, they've steppedded in to prevent negative effects to civil rights. another form of suppression the same republican governors not permitting the ballot box to be open, not permitting the resources to be there, which is why we've seen a voting line of seven hours, a mechanical way of keeping people from voting.
we must say to america that the right to vote is precious. and as my colleague said we've got to organize around this. we are overwhelmed by blocks to voting. it stops people from voting. it frightens people from voting. we have to keep away from that to keep the ideals of this constitution and what we were founded on is that we were all created equal. >> you're so right in your articulation of this. it's a fundamental civil rights issue and it goes to the core of our democracy. over the...
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i can assure you that america has not been known for fraudulent elections. yes, we must protect the integrity of the election but i will tell you there are many ways in this sophisticated technology that we can do so and the folks that pass the legislation couldn't document any massive fraud. i frankly believe this is an inhibitor for new voters, young voters even returning soldiers who have come back from iraq and afghanistan, maybe jeopardized from the right to vote. let me tell you one thing. in the texas voter i.d., they were not able to use federal i.d. documents. a veteran told me that because his i.d. did not have a date on it under the texas law, he could not use his permanent federal veterans i.d. card. is that absurd? an outrage as one could ever believe. >> exactly right. in the pennsylvania litigation, which is still pending the court and the state of pennsylvania acknowledged it could not point to one single case of voter impersonation fraud which, of course, was the underlying predicate to their entire statute. let me ask you what you're saying
i can assure you that america has not been known for fraudulent elections. yes, we must protect the integrity of the election but i will tell you there are many ways in this sophisticated technology that we can do so and the folks that pass the legislation couldn't document any massive fraud. i frankly believe this is an inhibitor for new voters, young voters even returning soldiers who have come back from iraq and afghanistan, maybe jeopardized from the right to vote. let me tell you one...
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and i mean we are forgotten america, the south is. and we are going to miss the train on it if we are not careful. i know donnie will tell you this: we are a different breed of democrats in the south. i mean it's hard to be a democrat down here. many areas of south carolina and where i am from and in the appalachian, it is socially and cull the structurally unacceptable to say you are a democrat. if you say you are, you better be ready to fight. we are a fighting bunch of democrats here in the 7th district of virg. >> that's why we are going to take on eric cantor whether anybody else wants to or not. >> man, i am telling you we want you fighting. i mean we want to expand that fighting sense, not just in virginia but all across the country. we appreciate you coming in and giving people something to fight alongside. >> that's donnie fowler and mudcat saunders coming in to the war room. >> thank you, governor. >> up next. >> donnie i will give you a call. >> i love it. just because it's not being talked about doesn't mean that it's not
and i mean we are forgotten america, the south is. and we are going to miss the train on it if we are not careful. i know donnie will tell you this: we are a different breed of democrats in the south. i mean it's hard to be a democrat down here. many areas of south carolina and where i am from and in the appalachian, it is socially and cull the structurally unacceptable to say you are a democrat. if you say you are, you better be ready to fight. we are a fighting bunch of democrats here in the...
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why do you hate reagan and america so much, dennis? >> we'll do this buffet rule if we go back to reagan budget, how about that? >> the exploding military budget for example? >> the exploding deficit -- >> the $1.2 trillion. >> if jimmy carter in had put us in an eight-year war and region had to add that to his budget do you his budgets would have looked the same? did we pay for the afghanistan and iraq war on bucket or with emergency supplementals? was it in the budget during the bush years. >> let me answer. >> first of all please don't cut me off. because you normally cut me off pretty quick -- >> you are not going to answer my question -- >> let me make my point because you guys will cut me off -- >> go ahead, dennis. >> the constructional tax office -- his own congressional tax office only brings in a little more than $4 billion a year he is running a $1.42 trillion deficit each and every year. it's a talking point. a divider. a good campaign speech -- >> but hal's point the way we got there were two wars and these tax cuts for th
why do you hate reagan and america so much, dennis? >> we'll do this buffet rule if we go back to reagan budget, how about that? >> the exploding military budget for example? >> the exploding deficit -- >> the $1.2 trillion. >> if jimmy carter in had put us in an eight-year war and region had to add that to his budget do you his budgets would have looked the same? did we pay for the afghanistan and iraq war on bucket or with emergency supplementals? was it in the...
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he didn't know countries in south america. most importantly the third thing is they believe that the expectations for rick perry now are below sea level and so if he shows up in new hampshire or south carolina and people say my gosh, he can remember three things, let me give him a second look. honestly bill, that is the thinking. i know it seems odd. you look at eliot spitzer. you look at other folks and you say -- and they think -- he thinks there's another chance. but there's something else here. this is not his brand. he embarrassed himself so badly and frankly the people of texas after that, didn't want him to run again in part because he embarrassed the state. even people in his own party. he embarrassed himself that if he runs again and does okay and doesn't land a nomination but doesn't fall down, then they believe he -- he believes he has repaired some of the national damage to his image that, you know, he's a person. >> bill: and basically restore some of the glory to texas that way i guess huh? >> absolutely. that's
he didn't know countries in south america. most importantly the third thing is they believe that the expectations for rick perry now are below sea level and so if he shows up in new hampshire or south carolina and people say my gosh, he can remember three things, let me give him a second look. honestly bill, that is the thinking. i know it seems odd. you look at eliot spitzer. you look at other folks and you say -- and they think -- he thinks there's another chance. but there's something else...
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when they would go down into central and south america, if they didn't get cooperation, they sent in the u.s. marines to get it. it has been going on for an entire century. you don't -- military people are not fighting for our freedom. they're fighting for the corporations throughout the world. >> stephanie: governor ventura, i want to say clearly i'm more man than don imus will ever be. you remain smart and cuddly, i love your new book, democrips and rebloodlicans. >> stephanie, let me finish with this. for all of the ron paul people i'm one of them. paul isn't going to be a choice. he won't be on the ballot but we still have hope. ron paul was a libertarian in '88. governor gary johnson of new mexico, he was governor of new mexico when i was governor of minnesota. he is phenomenal. he's the libertarian candidate for president and all of us need to vote for gary johnson. that will send a message. and he can win. all of these people that say you can't win, jesse ventura won and they told me i couldn't win. so if we would all vote, all of the ron paul people vote for governor johnson.
when they would go down into central and south america, if they didn't get cooperation, they sent in the u.s. marines to get it. it has been going on for an entire century. you don't -- military people are not fighting for our freedom. they're fighting for the corporations throughout the world. >> stephanie: governor ventura, i want to say clearly i'm more man than don imus will ever be. you remain smart and cuddly, i love your new book, democrips and rebloodlicans. >> stephanie,...
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but you know, the lady from the south took my point already but i want to -- >> bill: can't say it often enough. >> caller: that silly ass rush limbaugh was saying it is unequivocal now that obama hates america. well now he gets to say today it is unequivocal it is unequivocal that mitt romney hates america. he hates working class american people. so now he can toot that horn today. >> bill: yeah. don't hold your breath, marty. [ laughter ] good to hear from you. it is going to be interesting to see. pardon me. how the romney campaign tries to -- tries to recover from this. i gotta tell you, they've had a bad run. even before -- i think the bad run that goes back before the republican convention. i think the bad run started with putting paul ryan on the ticket because why does he put paul ryan on the ticket. then suddenly they're not talking jobs or economy anymore. they're talking medicare. and then they're talking contraception because of todd akin's remarks and paul ryan identifying with todd akin. then they go to this convention which was a real bust. and paul ryan doing nothing but
but you know, the lady from the south took my point already but i want to -- >> bill: can't say it often enough. >> caller: that silly ass rush limbaugh was saying it is unequivocal now that obama hates america. well now he gets to say today it is unequivocal it is unequivocal that mitt romney hates america. he hates working class american people. so now he can toot that horn today. >> bill: yeah. don't hold your breath, marty. [ laughter ] good to hear from you. it is going...
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. >> i want to formally endorse governor mitt romney for president of the united states of america. as we say in some parts of the south aw, we're going to have some fun. [ laughter ] >> bill: there he is. >> i could hear that every day for the rest of my life and still be entertained. >> can i get that in a ring tone maybe? so fun to go aw shucky ducky whenever the boss calls. >> some parts of the south aw shucky ducky now! >> that never gets old. >> bill: it is almost as good as becky becky becky. we were counting up this morning a little earlier joe this is maybe the fourth endorsement that he's made in this race because the first of course he endorsed himself. and then peter and i were there in charleston, south carolina when he endorsed the american people. >> absolutely. at that big rally. it was not a big rally. it was a rally. [ laughter ] >> bill: and then later, he endorsed newt gingrich. now he's passionately -- >> i'm firmly 100% lined mitt romney for the president of the united states. given the fact that herman cain's a serial endorser, this is iron tick is the most en
. >> i want to formally endorse governor mitt romney for president of the united states of america. as we say in some parts of the south aw, we're going to have some fun. [ laughter ] >> bill: there he is. >> i could hear that every day for the rest of my life and still be entertained. >> can i get that in a ring tone maybe? so fun to go aw shucky ducky whenever the boss calls. >> some parts of the south aw shucky ducky now! >> that never gets old. >>...
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definitely the case that the united states is supporting the so-called war against drugs in south and central america which is where our military dollars are going down there and it's not doing anything to stop the drug trade. in fact, it is just harming women and children. >> hal: the failure of the drug war i agree. >> i'm just saying i'm not such a fan of the let's just use drones. i know you're not saying that. it is not clean either. >> john: i want to bring it back -- i love it. you guys are -- i love surrounding myself with people who are way smarter than me. we have to go to break. yes, we do. >> i would say mitt romney needs a little more education about this situation and he needs a few more women in his ear about what's really the case. about what's happening to women's bodies and women's minds. >> hal: unfortunately, i don't think his belief system allows for that. we have to go to break. we'll talk about this when we come back. i don't mean his religious faith because i don't believe he's a full lot toen mormon in that record -- a full throttle mormon in that regard eithe
definitely the case that the united states is supporting the so-called war against drugs in south and central america which is where our military dollars are going down there and it's not doing anything to stop the drug trade. in fact, it is just harming women and children. >> hal: the failure of the drug war i agree. >> i'm just saying i'm not such a fan of the let's just use drones. i know you're not saying that. it is not clean either. >> john: i want to bring it back -- i...